Eye-glass cleaning kits



A ril 10, 1956 J. .1. HEALY 2,741,359

EYE-GLASS CLEANING KITS Filed May 26, 1954 I N V EN TOR. (/4445;l/OJEPH/lE/IL Y ATTORNEY EYE-GLASS CLEANING KITS James Joseph Healy,Bronx, N. Y.

Application May 26, 1954, Serial No. 432,533

3 Claims. (Cl. 206--38) This invention relates to an eye-glass cleaningkit, and it has for its purpose to provide in combination, and in acompact manner, an eyeglass wiping material such as paper, cloth, linen,etc., which material is supported by a spindle and wound upon a smallcylindrical container which latter, in turn, is adapted to receive asmall bottle, or fiagon, filled with one of the well known liquids foruse against eye strain.

The said spindle with its contents is mounted in a small auxiliarycompartment secured to a conventional eye-glass casing in any suitablemanner.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of thenovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings forming part of this application, and in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, andin winch:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a similar, detail view, with part broken off.

Figure 3 is an elevational view of my invention with part broken off.

Figure 4 is an elevational detail view of same; while Figure 5 isanother elevational view.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 20, as shown inFigure 1, indicates a spindle made of flexible or springy material, suchas metal or plastic.

Said spindle has one end terminating in a thin, flat piece 21, and onthis piece is, in turn, arranged a small cylinder 22 adapted to have aroll of glass wiping material 23, as shown in Figure 2, mounted thereon;a small bottle or fiagon 24- With liquid, as hereinbefore described, isinserted into said cylinder 22. The piece 21 has a flange-likeprojection 25 in order to prevent a too far forward movement of the rollof wiping material (paper) on said piece 21.

The other end 26 of the spindle is formed with a downwardly curved endportion 27 adapted to grip and keep the wiping material in place, asshown especially in Figure 3.

The bottle 24 for insertion in the small cylinder 22, is shownseparately in Figure 4, and inserted in said cylinder in Figure 3; saidbottle, which may be of any suitable material such as glass, or plastic,is at one end provided with an aperture 28 for the outlet of liquid, andat the other end with a pin 29 formed with a head 30 for the withdrawalor the bottle from the cylinder.

The edge of portion 26 of the spindle serves to cut a piece of theWiping paper from the roll of said paper. The latter is provided withsuitable perforations 31, as shown in Figure 2 to facilitate thegripping and removal of a piece.

The portion 26 of the spindle is under pressure, due

.nited States Patent 6 F 2,741,359 Patented Apr. 10, 1956 to thespringiness of the latter and the bend 32, and will, therefore, alwaysadjust itself automatically to rest with its main portion on the roll ofpaper.

When not in use the spindle 20 with its roll of paper is encased in anauxiliary compartment or pocket 34, made of any suitable material, andsecured in any convenient manner to a conventional eye-glass casing 35,as shown in Figure 5.

In order to secure the spindle with the roll of paper in said pocket 34,the latter is adapted to expand somewhat while at the same time theupwardly curved section 33 of the end portion 2'7 assures acomparatively tight connection with said pocket, as it presses againstthe interior of the latter; at the same time the bend 32 of the spindlewill engage the edge of the pocket 34.

The bottle 24, when inserted in the cylinder 22, closely fits the latterin order to prevent any discharge of liquid from said bottle. Thecylinder may also, if desired, be filled with liquid, and a dauber usedwith same.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form, construction andarrangement of parts, as shown, within the scope of the appended claims,without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not,therefore, wish 7 to limit myself to the exact construction shown anddescribed herein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is:

. 1. A device of the class described comprising, in combination, aspindle consisting of a thin, fiat piece of material bent upon itself toform a handle, a downwardly extending curved portion at one end of saidhandle, a small cross bar arranged near the other end of said handle, acylindrical hollow tube arranged upon said other end of the handle, aneye-glass wiping material mounted upon said tube, said material beingkept in place by the downwardly extending portion of the handle and saidcross bar, a fiagon formed with a grip at one end thereof, and beinginserted in said tube, forming a snug fitting with the latter.

2. A device of the class described, comprising, in combination, aspindle bent upon itself and having two arms, a downwardly extendingcurved portion at the end of one arm, a cross bar arranged upon theother arm, and a hollow cylinder attached to the latter, a roll ofeye-glass wiping material mounted upon said cylinder, said materialbeing kept in position by said curved portion and cross bar, a flagon,formed with a grip at one end thereof, and being inserted in saidcylinder, the first said arm being adapted for the cutting of saideye-glass wiping material.

3. A device of the class described comprising, in combination, a spindlehaving two arms, a downwardly extending curved portion at the end of oneof said arms, a flange upon the other arm, and a hollow cylindrical tubeattached to the latter, a roll of eye-glass wiping material mounted uponsaid tube, said material being kept in place by said curved portion andflange; a fiagon formed with a grip at one end and being inserted insaid cylinder, the first said arm being adapted for cutting theeye-glass wiping material, said spindle being adapted for insertion in acompartment of an eye-glass case, and secured to said compartment by anupward curvature in the spindle.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,090,527 Fischer May 16, 1933 2,276,766 DeWitt Mar. 17, 1942 2,479,472Coplon Aug. 16, 1949

